But I love to entertain. My vocation is to accrue all these experiences, to write about them, to get them out of my system, to not get sick, and then to share them publicly.

There is no better feeling than when you write something you know is a piece of you and that, at some point, is going to communicate with someone else.

I would not have discredited every one of their compliments. It was your approval I wanted, your congratulations.

I could get away with not taking care of myself as a bachelorette but as a mom I can't.

America's a very traumatized society.

I think it's irresponsible when celebrities imply they're doing it all themselves. My son has aunties and uncles around all the time, and my husband is my hero. He's really full-on. I couldn't do it any other way.

You live, you learn, you love, you learn, you cry, you learn, you lose, you learn, you bleed, you learn, you scream, you learn